The first misunderstanding is a tricky one. It's the result of a neverending argument about the terminology of hip-hop, and a lot of hardliners stating 'breaking is hip-hop' without giving the context ...

The remaining 26 athletes were selected through last year's World Championships, the respective continental Games (Africa, Asia, Europe, Pan American and Oceania) and the Olympic Qualification Series ...

To the tune of a Miles Davis trumpet solo, Menno van Gorp is stepping up his training ahead of this year’s Paris Olympics. The jazz musician has been an influential figure in van Gorp’s breakdance ...

Liu Qingyi, 16-year-old girl from Central China's Henan Province, won the global breakdance competition at the Outbreak Europe 2022 in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia on Sunday, achieving a major ...

Ian Flaws was introduced to breakdancing while he was on a date in 1997. While the relationship with his date didn’t last, the evening changed his life. The Bboy Factory owner and head teacher has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jason Pu is a researcher and a b-boy/breaker covering hip hop dance Nov 30, 2025, 06:09pm EST Australia's Jeffrey Dan Arpie Dunne, ...

In Paris this summer, breakdancing, or “breaking”, will move from the streets to the stadium as it debuts as an Olympic sport. The street dance form that first took the world by storm in the 1980s is ...

There are a lot of myths and misunderstandings about the differences between breakdance and hip-hop forms of dance – here we clear up five of them. The first misunderstanding is a tricky one. It's the ...